Confessions of a Melomaniac
"The history of music is a series of attempts to give form and beauty to the dark, chaotic, premonitory forces in the soul" - Nietzsche website: https://tomgmaierpodcast.wixsite.com/confessions-of-a-mel
Episodes
Thomas Maier and Anthony Sifert continue season 4 on
Johnny Cash. They discuss Folsom Prison Blues, I Walk the Line, Hey Porter, Big River, and Give My Love to Rose. This is the last episode for the next several months as well so enjoy!
Mature Content
Thomas Maier and Tony Sifert open up season 4 on Johnny Cash with the song Sunday Morning Coming Down from the Johnny Cash Show Live Album in 1970. They discuss Johnny's story of redemption and the role that the song played.
Kakutani, Michiko. “The High Times, and the Hard Ones, of a Gritty Musical Outlaw.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 1 Dec. 2013, www.nytimes.com/2013/12/02/books/johnny-cash-the-life-by-...
New Season about country legend Johnny Cash
Hilburn, Robert. Johnny Cash: The Life. Back Bay Books/Little Brown and Company, 2014.
Thomas Maier, Sam Davis, and Aharon Dubovin revisit an episode from season 1 on the controversial book 'The Closing of the American Mind' by Alan Bloom. They discuss raising children in a highly degenerate world of gang music and the evils of the internet. They also discuss the merits of political control over the "pursuit of happiness".
Article:
Schaff, Jon D. “I Can Hear Music.” Front Porch Republic, 21 July 2024,
Thomas Maier and return guest John Maier finish season 3, Radiohead: An Airbag Saved My Life. They discuss electioneering, politics according to Machiavelli, I.M.F., and propaganda.
Lyrics to Electioneering by Radiohead
Thomas Maier and a round table of guests; Aharon Dubovin and Sam Davis (Connor Sayger was missing unfortunately) deviate from the usual Radiohead banter to discuss the origin of music, how music was, and how it was supposed to be. They discuss the aims of 'The Arts' and whether they are good by nature or not.
Disclaimer: Episode is NOT Appropriate for children!
Thomas Maier and a roundtable of guests: Aharon Dubovin, Connor Sayger, and Sam Davis discuss the differences between a utopia of no surprises and no alarms vs the “possibility of mass destruction” (by fire) presented in Hawthorne’s ‘Fire Worship’.
Sources:
‘No Surprises’ lyrics by Radiohead
‘Fire Worship’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne
‘The Machine Stops’ by E.M. Forester
DISCLAIMER: EPISODE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN.
Thomas Maier hosts a round table discussion with Sam Davis, Aharon Dubovin, and Connor Sager discussing the song Fitter Happier by Radiohead off of their acclaimed 1997 Ok Computer album. The group deep dives into the lyrics and its connection/foresight into what we understand today about artificial intelligence.
Apologies: Sorry about the outside noises such as wrappers, phone ...
Thomas Maier and John Maier open season 3 titled An Airbag Saved My Life talking about the song Airbag and the importance of the album OK Computer. They also discuss Oasis, Phil Collins, and Neo-liberal Capitalism.
Thomas Maier and Tony Sifert continue onto episode 4 of their coverage of the Killers. Today they discuss the track Hard Enough off of Brandon Flowers debut solo album Flamingo released in 2010. They discuss the lyrics their context and their roles within the song. They also discuss the Lord of the Rings, I Can Hear Music, and Rick Beato on new music.
It's finally here! Thomas Maier concludes the countdown to the newest album by the Smashing Pumpkins Aghori Mhori Mei. Thomas gives his first takes on his first listen.
Thomas Maier continues to countdown to the release of the new Smashing Pumpkins album Aghori Mhori Mei on August 2nd. Today Thomas talks about the vinyl and the backing vocals on the new album.
Thomas Maier continues the countdown to Aghori Mhori Mei by the Smashing Pumpkins set to be released August 2nd. Today Thomas talks about Jimmy's video and about analog recording vs digital.
Thomas Maier continues the countdown to the release of Aghori Mhori Mei by the Smashing Pumpkins on August 2nd. Thomas goes over Jimmy Chamberlin's new drum kit.
Thomas Maier continues the countdown to the release
of Aghori Mhori Mei on August 2nd by the Smashing Pumpkins. Today he talks about Billy trying to help pronounce the title while also confusing us further.
Thomas Maier continues the countdown to the release of Aghori Mhori Mei on August 2nd. Today (No pun intended) Thomas reminisces about the good ole 90s when Siamese Dream was released. He also re-listens to ATUM in hopes of liking it more.
Thomas Maier continues coverage of the lead up to the newest Smashing Pumpkins album Aghori Mhori Mei set to be released on August 2nd. Thomas discusses the Pumpkins tour in Europe (The World is a Vampire Tour) and what the concert setlist's could mean for the album's sound.
Thomas Maier continues the countdown to the Smashing Pumpkins new album Aghori Mhori Mei set to be released August 2. Thomas delves further into reddit to discover what the real fans are saying.
Thomas Maier continues to discuss the lead up to the newest album by Smashing Pumpkins Aghori Mhori Mei set to be released on August 2nd. Today Thomas delves into what the great people of reddit think about this album.
Thomas Maier continues the countdown to the release of Aghori Mhori Mei by the Smashing Pumpkins on August 2nd. Today he talks about the logo and what that might mean about the album.
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